The Nghe An Provincial Children's Protection Fund celebrates its 30th anniversary.
After 30 years of development and growth, the Nghe An Provincial Children's Protection Fund has mobilized over 240 billion VND to support hundreds of thousands of underprivileged children.
On the morning of November 22nd, the Nghe An Provincial Children's Protection Fund celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Attending the ceremony were comrades Dinh Tien Hai - Director of the Vietnam Children's Protection Fund; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province; Doan Hong Vu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; and representatives from districts and cities.
Over 30 years of establishment and development, with the motto "Dedication - Transparency - Timeliness - Collaborative participation", "Let's give the best to children", the Nghe An Provincial Children's Protection Fund
They have mobilized over 240 billion VND (including money, in-kind donations, and technical expertise), providing support to more than 450,000 disadvantaged children.
From the resources mobilized, the Fund has coordinated with sponsors and localities to provide health check-ups and disease screenings for over 137,000 children; supported free surgeries for over 13,755 children with various disabilities; awarded nearly 16,000 scholarships and over 4,300 bicycles to disadvantaged children striving for academic success; provided over 4,800 wheelchairs for disabled children; organized counseling, therapy for early detection and intervention for over 28,000 children with autism spectrum disorder, physical therapy, and rehabilitation for children with motor disabilities...
Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Bui Dinh Long, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, congratulated, acknowledged, and highly appreciated the sense of responsibility, dynamism, and creativity of the Fund's staff.
With its assigned functions and tasks, over the past three decades, the Provincial Children's Protection Fund has mobilized and supported children in Nghe An province through programs and projects such as: "Steadfast Steps for Children," "Children's Smiles," "Compassionate Hearts," "Children's Eyes," "Building Classrooms," "Boarding Houses," "Scholarships for Overcoming Difficulties," "Wheelchair Donations," etc. These programs and projects have helped many children integrate into the community early and ensured their basic rights.
However, the province still has over 13,000 children in special circumstances and nearly 126,000 children at risk of falling into special circumstances. Therefore, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long hopes that the Provincial Children's Protection Fund will continue to mobilize resources to support and assist these children, providing them with a foundation to overcome difficulties by applying information technology to implement the fund's activities in a scientific, professional, effective, transparent, and economical manner; thereby contributing to the fulfillment of the tasks and goals of the Nghe An Province's Action Program for Children in the 2021-2030 period.
At the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long presented the Provincial Children's Protection Fund with a banner bearing the inscription: "Children's Protection Fund: 30 Years of Building and Development".
On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Provincial Children's Protection Fund awarded certificates of merit and commendations to sponsors and presented gifts to representatives of children in particularly difficult circumstances.
